purchase, sale and distribution of furniture and art and decorative objects, as well as the trade of all products; the company may, in Switzerland and abroad, create branches, participate in other companies, acquire or establish companies with a purpose identical or similar to its own, carry out all financial, commercial, industrial, movable and immovable transactions and conclude all contracts suitable for developing the company's purpose or related thereto directly or indirectly; it may grant loans or guarantees to its associates or third parties if it serves its interests